# musgo
## Galician
### Etymology 1

Attested since circa 1300. From Late Latin muscus (“musk”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmus.ɣʊ]

#### Noun

musgo m (plural musgos)
* (archaic) musk
** c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 625:Et teu yrmão Fernã Gonçaluez, cõna muy grã coyta que ouue, sey(nd)o do paaço fugindo et saltou en hũu curral que nõ era muy limpo; et, quando el et seus panos ende seyrõ nõ cheyrauã a musgoAnd your brother Fernán González, with the great trouble he had, getting out of the palace and fleeing he jumped into a corral that was not very clean; and, when he finally got out of it, his clothes didn't smell of musk

### Etymology 2

From Latin mūscus (“moss”).

#### Alternative forms

* murgo

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmus.ɣʊ]

#### Noun

musgo m (plural musgos)
* moss
    Synonym: mofo

##### Derived terms

* musguento
* Penamusga

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “musgo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “musgo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “musgo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “musgo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “musgo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese musgo, from Latin mūscus (“moss”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews-.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmuz.ɡu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈmuz.ɡu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈmuʒ.ɡu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈmuz.ɡo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmuʒ.ɡu/ [ˈmuʒ.ɣu]
* Hyphenation: mus‧go

### Noun

musgo m (plural musgos)
* moss

#### Derived terms

* musgoso

#### Related terms

* briófita

### Further reading

* musgo on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{pt}$

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish musgo, from Latin muscus; probably a semi-learned term.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmusɡo/ [ˈmuz.ɣ̞o]
* Rhymes: -usɡo
* Syllabification: mus‧go

### Noun

musgo m (plural musgos)
* moss

#### Derived terms

* trepamusgos

#### Related terms

* musgoso

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “musgo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

* “musgo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10